Chakras

I hope that the viewers make their own interpretations of the film and I'd like to offer mine to convey the thoughts behind this piece as well as talk about the filming process involved in the film.

As an overview, this film portrays the journey of the awakening of the energy present inside a body. This energy is named differently by different cultures and school of thoughts, but its path towards something higher (awakening) is often believed to be marked by the energy spots or chakras within one's body. As a Hindu and having close contact with various practitioners as well experiencing parts of the experience myself, I felt compelled to create this film.

The film follows this energy as it struggles to awaken from its deep sleep and traces the path as it slowly ascends higher. The journey isn’t straight, it is a mix of highs and lows. These changes have been subtly portrayed by meandering through contrasting forces of nature by using various cameras (DSLRs, GoPros, Drone etc.) and camera movements throughout the film.

As the energy travels, it slowly starts melding with the different elements of nature, starts feeling synergy with the outer environment and it slowly starts opening up closed senses and channels. I believe these to be the self’s perception of the world and the film portrays this change through the deconstruction of the surroundings by using macro and microscopic videography.

After the struggle through the various phases, the seven screens become one and this moment has been used to symbolise the brink of awakening, an experience of becoming a whole as well as the feeling of being more than just oneself and one’s body.

Along with the energy's meditative journey, this film is also intended to be a meditative experience in itself and I hope that we were able to portray that.